Chair or socket for the rails of railways and the like.



J. T. CRNEY.

( :HAIB 0R SOCKET FOR THE RAILS 0F RAlL'WAYS-AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED 1uLv29, 1914. I

11,156,754, patented oct. 915.'\

3 SHEETS-S Ui u@ z fy A TTOHNEYS J, T. vCARNEY. l CHAIR 0IR SOCKET FOR THE RAI-LS 0F RAILWAYS AND THE LIKE".

APPLICATION lFILED JuLY 29. 1914, 1,156,754.i

Patented 0011.121915.

IN VEN TOR lib Vall the shocks received by the rail.

or base ol the rail, totally or partially according to the `pressure ot' the said weight.

Figs. and show a chair with two flat longitudinal seats tor the lower tace of the opposite sides ot the base of the rail. Between those two seats in the chair there is a void space so that the rail may yield in an elastic manner to the pressure or the load, supportingitselie upon the said side seats.

ril, A2 are lower vertical. flanges and B, the groove between these flanges, these ele ments correspond to the elements oi the chair in the Figs. l to 4, iinlicatedbv the same letters. Un the smooth upper face of the chair a longitudinal canal D is .formed a little broader thanv the halt' ot' the width of the base of the rail T, which rests by the opposite sides ot.' its lower face on the two parts of the smooth upper face of the chair separated by the said canal. rEhe 1=il is held in the chair by an indented jaw-clasp M formed in one of the sides ott' the chair and by a containing block N fixed on to the chair by a screw N1.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a chair in which the seat for the rail is composed et' a convex cylindrical surface with the Q'eneratrices placed cross-wise upon the rail, by which the lower face olf the base ot the rail comes in contact with one only of the gencratrices oirl the said cylindrical surface. Un a rail supported on chairs of this description, the vibrations produced by a Ytrain passing over it are distributed from one ektrenie to the ther o' the rail with much greater facility and regularity than when the rail supported on chairs with seat lengthwise, and thus the rail sullers less and lasts longer. .ln these figures AJ, ft2, l? are elements similar to these indicated by the saine letters in the Figs. l to ll. The said cylindrical seat is indicated at tl; M is an indezited jawclasp formed in the chair, and N is a block for stoppage lined on to the chair by a screw N1; this stop-block cooperates with the indented aw-clasp lll to vsecure the rail upon the chair.

Figs. l), l0, and 'l1 show a chairwith a in which a cushion ot' material adapted for deadeuine; shocks is placed; the rail reposes exclusirely upon this cushion which dearlens rlhis chair has parallel jvertical llangges A1, A2, separat/ral by a groove l, like the chairs de scribed above. `his chair has a recess upon the upper face with 'tour triangular walls having' a vertex V common to all tour.` rlhis recess serves as the socket Jfor the lower part ot a cushion ll in the shape of an Octagon or of two quadrangular pyramids united in one common base. `This cushion may be made of an anin'ialor vegetable liber mixed with asphalt in order to prevent putretac- 'tion an!" finolded into 'the shape under pressure (of from. l() to 50 to the chair by screws and cooperating with Aextending spaced vertical parallel tous). Or the cushion may be made or .lead

or of a mixture of lead, or may be made of latter the passingv of any trains the cushion receives a final compression and its 'upner part remains a little Yfientened as shown in ll 9 and 10. lt is evident t iat the cushion may have any other shape adequate to the purposes of the invention, calculating4 however that after the final compression by the passing of trains over it the rail remains 5@ resting on the cushion exclusively anda-net on any other part ol' the chair. The recess in the chair shall be of a shape correspond-- ing` to the lower part of the cushion.

ln order to maintain the rail in the chair an indented clip M is shown in Figs. l0 and ll 'formed in the chair and a stopbloclr N fixed on to the chair by a screw lill. n, place of the indented clip M and the bloeit4 N in the three chairs oit Figs. 5 to ll, one may employ any other means that may adequate for :maintaining the rails up these chairs.

Having thus described my inyention, claim-d l. A chair, preferably of wrought iron or steel for rails and which has two vertical parallel flanges for fixing it on to the verti cal plate of a sleeper characterized by ln ing a cylindrical or similar convex surface with the generatrices in a cresswise sense of the -rail which rests solely upon these gencratrices and not upon any other part of the chair.

A chair tor rails having vertical parallelptlanges for securing; the same to tl vertical plate of a sleeper, the chair havi a 'cylindrical or similar convex surface on which the rail rests, an indented jaw-olasAt tkrrnied on the chair, and a stop bloeit ai'.

les:

the said jaw clasp to hold the rail in place upon the said chair.

l. A chair for rails having downwardly forming ay groove between the saine, to coive a member ot' a sleeper, the bottoni f said `groove being oblique in a direction cross-wise ot the rail, the flanges being; irovidedwith perfoations for securing the saine to said member ci? the sleeper, means lJfor holding the rail in position on the chair.

Ll. The combination with a rail, a sleeper having a vertical plate, and a metal Chair for the rail having two vertical flanges lor securing the chair on the vertical plate ol? the sleeper, the flanges formingl a groove between them to receive the said vertic l plate, the bottom wall of said groove le oblique in a direction crosswise of the rail, of means engaging the rail to hold the same on the chair.

5. The combination With a rail, a sleeper having a vertical plate, and a metal chair for the rail having its upper face provided with a surface on Which the rail is adapted to rest, the said chair having tWo down# wai'dly extendingvertical parallel'langes and a groove between the flanges to receive the upper part of .the vertical plate of the. sleeper,` the bottom Wall of the said groove .being inclined in a direction cross-Wise of' the rail, means for securing the anges and the said plate together and means for h olding the rail in place on the chair. t

G. The combination with a rail2 a sleeper having'a vertical plate, and a chair for the rail havin a convex cylindrical upper surface exten ing crossivise of the rail and on which the rail is adapted to rest throughoutr its Width, the saiolchair having two downwardly extending parallel langes for se curing the chair to the vertical plate of the sleeper, and means at .the ends of the chair and engaging the rail to secure the same to the chair.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set* my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. v v

n JESSE THOMAS CARNEY.

Witnesses: i

SAMUEL W. HONAKER, RICHARD P. MoMsEN.' 

